Jung, Leo, 1892-1987

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
יונג, אליהו, 1892-1987
Name (Latin)
Jung, Leo, 1892-1987
Other forms of name
Young, Leo, 1892-1987
Jung, Eliyahu, 1892-1987
Yung, Eliyahu, 1892-1987
יונג, ליאו אליהו, 1892-1987
יונג, אליהו בן מאיר צבי, 1892-1987
יונג, ליאו, 1892-1987
Date of birth
1892-06-20
Date of death
1987-12-19
Place of birth
Moravia (Czech Republic)
Place of death
New York (N.Y.)
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity
Talmud Bavli
Judaism Talmud
Associate group
Jewish Center (New York, N.Y.)
Occupation
Rabbis
Associated Language
eng heb
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: Uhersky Brod
מקום לידה: Moravia
מקום לידה: ברוד Moravia ,Uhersky Brod], צ'כוסלובקיה]
תאריך לידה עברי: כה סיון תרנ"ב [20.6.1892]
מקום פטירה: ניו-יורק
מקום פטירה: New York
תאריך פטירה עברי: כח כסלו תשמ"ח [19.12.1987].
מקצוע: רב בקהילות קליבלנד, ניו יורק.
הגירה: היגר לארצות-הברית בשנת 1920.
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 32799741
Wikidata: Q6523908
Library of congress: n 79106636
Sources of Information
  • His Foundations of Judaism, c1923.
  • NUCMC data from Amer. Jewish Hist. Soc. for National Comm. for the Maimonides Octocentennial. Records, 1934-35(Leo Jung)
  • New York Times, 12/21/87(Rabbi Leo Jung, Orthodox Jewish leader of the Jewish Center of New York; talmudic scholar, d. 12/19/1987; survived by his wife, the former Irma Rothschild and four daughters)
  • Ben adam la-ḥavero, c1975:t.p. (Eliyahu Yung) p. 112 (Leo Jung [in rom.])
  • Herzog, I. Der Weg zum Frieden und zur Befreiung von Furcht, 1960:page 19 (von Rabbiner Dr. Leo Jung, New York City)
  • OCALC: Jung, Leo, 1892-1987
  • בין אדם לחברו, תשל"ה:
  • Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
  • AJYB, 1989, 519.
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Wikipedia description:

Rabbi Leo Jung (Hebrew: Eliyahu; June 20, 1892 – December 19, 1987) was one of the major architects of American Orthodox Judaism. He was the indirect progenitor of the religious day school system common throughout North American Jewish communities, He was also a major fundraiser and activist for many Jewish causes worldwide, in the periods before, during and after the Holocaust.

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